PROGRESS REPORT THREE | DECEMBER 2010 - Renovation

Projected Media: On the Big Screen
Mary Dumas
Science Fiction is the message, but the delivery method varies. Books have long been the way that science fiction stories have
been delivered to the fans, but there are more stories being told that are not between the covers of a book. In today’s visual world,
film, cartoons, anime, television and digital media are the way many people are getting their science fiction fix. To that end, we are
dedicated to bringing some of the newest and oldest, best and worst, entertaining and thought provoking bits of projected media
science fiction to you.
The newest is represented by the Renovation Film Festival, prepared and hosted by Nat Saenz. This evening event will showcase
the best independent and fan films from around the world with the actors, directors and/or producers in attendance to give insight
into film making techniques to fellow Worldcon members. Look for many of these to be shown on Thursday evening as part of “Art
Night.” All of the best entries will be shown throughout the convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
Some of the oldest or most current, best and worst of the science fiction will be presented at the Convention Center as well.
Everything from silent films to more recent blockbusters and including as many of the 2010 Hugo Nominees for long and short
Dramatic Presentation as we can lay hands on. We hope to show the Hugo winners after the Hugo Awards Ceremony at the
Peppermill.
Anime and cartoons will present yet another form of storytelling, each with its own special theater experience. The cartoons
screened will be representative of the huge collection of owner and archivist Tom X. Safer. Anime fans will also love the variety of
anime presented all day at the Convention Center and overnight at the Peppermill.
Come join us for a few hours of viewing excitement as we share the versatility and detail you can only find on the big screen.
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Tricky Pixie
K. Wiley
Tricky Pixie is a fey fusion of three well-loved, whimsical talents who
fearlessly tread the boards and the twilight roads alike, using a wealth of
instruments to guide themselves and their listeners along, including all
manner of strings, voices, and drums.
This wild, sexy, irreverent, and masterful trio mixes up a delirious blend of
tunes for each unforgettable show. In any given performance, they may call
forth shipfuls of pirates, dancing satyrs, gypsies in the wood, and all the
benefits of a good Beltane fire, rounding out the night with a spicy alligator
tango, but you never know quite what you’ll get. All three members of Tricky
Pixie are prolific songwriters, and together they have a vast musical catalog of
original tunes -- a collective discography of 15 albums are currently available.
Since their first official show in July 2007, they have released one album
together, and a performance DVD is on the way.
S.J. Tucker, Alexander James Adams, and Betsy Tinney are vibrant and
animated entertainers, so a Tricky Pixie performance is as much visual and
interactive as instrumental and vocal. Between tunes, SJ and Alec exchange
banter, tell stories, and draw the audience into their fantastic world -- it’s a
ride through Celtic rock, haunting and bluesy a cappella numbers, sweetly
sung circus lullabies and roaring tribal folk songs. SJ, Alec, and Betsy weave
contagious faery magic, and you’re bound to be caught in their spell when you
attend a Tricky Pixie concert.
Tricky Pixie has been performing to regular sold-out and standing-room only
shows in the Pacific Northwest since their inception, and have lately been
Guests of Honor at fannish conventions throughout the United States. They feel deeply privileged to be Guests at Renovation, the
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